Pilot Grove State Preserve

W 260th Street (N and E of Pilot Grove Cemetery), Williamsburg, IA

Pilot Grove State Preserve is in the Southern Iowa Drift Plain landform region and features a wooded area that once was a landmark for early settle... Read More

Lake Keomah State Park

2720 Keomah Lane, Oskaloosa, IA

Lake Keomah State Park is 366 acres of beautiful woods and water. Lovely shaded picnic areas are nestled between the arms of the 83 acre man-made l... Read More

Lake Darling State Park

111 Lake Darling Road, Brighton, IA

Lake Darling State Park was dedicated on September 17, 1950. J. N. "Ding" Darling, for whom the park was named, "set the gate," a ceremony in which... Read More

Williams Prairie State Preserve

Black Hawk Avenue NW, Oxford, IA

Williams Prairie State Preserve is located in the Iowan Surface landform region and contains a wet prairie with more than 300 plant species are fou... Read More

O.B. Nelson Park

West Fillmore Avenue and South 2nd Street, Fairfield, IA

O.B. Nelson Park provides softball fields, sand volleyball courts, playground, a shelter (reserve), restrooms and an enclosed dog park. Read More

Lamson Woods State Preserve

, Fairfield, IA

Lamson Woods is a 43-acre woodland preserve located on the southeast edge of Fairfield. This hilly, wooded area was willed to the city of Fai... Read More

Cedar Bluffs State Preserve

280th Street, Oskaloosa, IA

Cedar Bluffs is a 223-acre preserve featuring a scenic forested bluffland with sandstone cliffs. It is located ten miles west of Oskaloosa in south... Read More

Woodthrush Woods State Preserve

225th Street, Lockridge, IA

Woodthrush Woods State Preserve is a 25-acre forest. It is located seven miles east of Fairfield in Jefferson County. The hilly, wooded area was or... Read More

Rock Creek State Park

5627 Rock Creek East, Kellogg, IA

Kellogg is three miles west and two miles south of the park. Newton is four miles south and ten miles west on Highway 6 and is the county seat. Gri... Read More

Lake Wapello State Park

15248 Campground Road, Drakesville, IA

Lake Wapello's 1,150 acres could easily be called the "country club" of Iowa's state parks. The beautiful wooded hillsides, shaded picnic areas and... Read More

Marr Park

Highway 218 on State Highway 92., Ainsworth, IA

Officially known as the Thomas and Sarah Marr Home Haven Farm, Marr Park is our most developed public park and recreation area.Â Â Its 125 acres i... Read More

Lake Red Rock

1105 North Highway T15, Knoxville, IA

Lake Red Rock is Iowa's Largest Lake with over 15,000 acres of water and 35,000 acres of land for your enjoyment. Located on the Des Moines River j... Read More

Lake Macbride State Park

3525 Highway 382 NE, Solon, IA

An effort to establish the wooded valleys of Mill and Jordan Creeks as a state park was initiated by the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce and J.N. "Di... Read More

Hanging Bog State Preserve

Six miles northwest of Cedar Rapids in Linn County, Palo, IA

Hanging Bog State Preserve features a shaded hillside seep that houses a large population of skunk cabbage. It was formed from mineral-rich groundw... Read More

Jones Park

201 Wilson Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA

As a part of AARP's 60th Anniversary, AARP launched an ambitious effort in 2019 to create 53 fitness parks – one each in all 50 states, the D... Read More

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